Zelman Facts

Ohio voucher/school choice plan for low-income students enrolled in Cleveland's low-performing public schools.

Families who most need educational choice are those of modest means trapped in sub-standard, inner city public schools.

Here are the bullet points of the plan:

--low-income families received tuition aid of approximately $2000 per child
--the tuition aid could be used at any state-accredited  private school, whether religious or nonreligious
--students who chose to remain in the public schools received funding for tutorial aid
--tuition aid is in the form of a check made payable to the parents, who then endorse the check over to the chosen school
--the plan also offered extra funding to any public school in adjacent school districts (suburban public schools) if the adjacent school district decided to participate in the program (None of the adjacent school districts elected to participate--why do you think they did not?)